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C. FERRO.

SELF ATTACHINGCURTAIN BRACKET. APPLICATION FILED JUNE. 1919.

1 325,236. 7 Patented Dec. 16,1919. 1

CASIMIRO FERRO, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT. I

SELF-ATTACHING CURTAIN -BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent. I Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

Application filed June 24, 1919. Serial No. 306,344.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GAsiMIRo Fnnno, a citizen of the United States,residing at Ansonia, county of New Haven, State of Connecticut, haveinvented an Improve ment in Self-Attaching Curtain-Brackets, of whichthe following is a specification.

This invention relates to brackets or hangers, and especially, althoughby no means exclusively, to brackets for supporting window shades,curtains, portieres or other door and window hangings.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensivebracket or hanger of such construction as to be self attaching to thewall, door or window frame, or other part by which it is to be supportedwithout the use of nails, screws, or other fasteners, the device beingattached or re moved by a simple operation without the use of tools, butwhen in place being se curely retained against accidental dislodgment.

The foregoing and other objects of the in vention, together with meanswhereby the same may be carried into eii ect, will best be understoodfrom the following description of certain forms or embodiments thereofillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a face view of a pair of combined shade roller and curtainrod brackets, showing the same in the fiat or unbent form in which theyare initially produced.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the brackets illustrated in Fig. 1,showing the same completed and attached.

Fig. 3 is an elevation of a similar bracket showing the same arrangedfor attachment in a different position.

Fig. 4: is an elevation similar to Fig. 2

of a slightly modified form of bracket ar-.

ranged similarly to the bracket shown in Fig. 8, illustrating the methodof attaching the bracket.

Figs. 5 and 6 are views similar to Fig. 1 showing further.modifications.

Referring to Fig. 1, each of the brackets or hangers is composed ofresilient sheet metal, a plate of which is cut and shaped to constitutea base portion 10 and an integral supporting portion 11.. The baseportion 10 comprises, in addition to a flat center, a pair of oppositelyextending, upper and lower vertical arms 12 and 13 separated from thesupporting portion 11 by alined longitudinal cuts 14: and 15 the innerends of which are separated to leave a relatively narrow uncut portion16 by which the base and supporting portions are integrally connected.The base portion 10 further comprises a second pair of oppositelyextending arms 17 and 18 disposed transverse to the arms 12 and 13between the latter, the arm 18 being cut from the material of thesupporting portion 11 and the inner end thereof being disposed betweenthe adjacent ends of the cuts 14 and 15 and being integrally connectedwith the center of said base portion. The arms 12- and 13 are furtherformed with integral struck-up attaching projections or prongs havingfree ends or points which are inwardly turned or directed toward thebases of the arms and toward each other.

The form of the supporting portion 11 is susceptible of wide variation,the same be ing designed to provide a supporting member suitable for theparticular purpose to which the bracket or hanger is to be put. Thus, asshown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the supporting portion 11 of each bracketincludes an upper arm 21 for supporting a curtain pole 22 and lower arms23 and 24 for supporting inner and outer shade rollers 25 and 26. Asshown in Fig. 6, the curtain pole supporting arm 21 is omitted, and thesupporting portion 11 comprises two arms 27 and 28 for supporting shaderollers.

In Fig. 5 is shown a supporting portion 11 comprising a single shaderoller supporting arm 29. In all of the figures the invention is shownas embodied in a shade or curtain fixture, but it will be obvious thatthe same might, by suitably shaping the supporting portion or member, bereadily employed for other purposes; for example, as a hanger forsupporting picturesor other articles.

The arms 12, 13, 17, and 18 are preferably bent or curved backwardly orinwardly in such a manner that each pair of arms con-. stitutes a bowedspring, the outer-ends of which engage the surface of the support towhich the device is attached, said springs being transverse to oneanother and intersecting at the center of the base portion 10, which isintegral with both springs and with the supporting portion 11. V

The device above described may be read ily attached to a wall, windowframe, or other supporting structure, without the use of tools orfasteners, by first engagingthe upper prongs 19 with the support, asshown in Fig. 1, and thereafter flattening the arms 12 and 13, orspringing them outwardly to certain extent against'their resilience, andengaging the lower prongs 20 with said support. Thereafter theresilience of the arms 12 and 13 will tend to draw the inwardly turnedprongs 19 and 20 toward one another and cause them to grip between themthe substance of the wall or other support, thereby securelyretainingsaid device in position. The above operations are facilitatedby curving the arms 12 and 13 adjacent the prongs 19 and 20 to formseats 31 against which the fingers may be pressed to force said prongsinto the'supporting structure, and by further curving the outer end ofthe arm 13 to form a finger hold or handle 32 which, after the prongs 19have been engaged, may be grasped to draw the prongs 20 downwardly intotheir proper engaging position.

lV hen the arms 12 and 13 are sprung or flattened, as above described,in attaching the device, the arms 17 and 18"will be correspondinglysprung 0r flattened, and when the device is in place the ends of saidarms 17 and 18 will engage the surface of the support with a yieldingpressure, thereby laterally bracing the device. Where such lateralbracing action is not required, or for u. e in situations where space islimited and the transverse armsl? and 18 would be in the way, said arms17 and 18 may be omitted, as shown in Fig. a.

In the formation of the device from a single plate of sheet metal, thesupporting portion 11 will, of course, initially occupy a position inthe plane of the center of the base portion 10 and in use may be left inthis position or may be bent into a plane substantially perpendicular tothe plane of said base portion, in accordance with the position in whichthe device is to be attached, the flexibility of the relatively narrowconnccting portion 16 readily permitting such bending. Thus, in Figs. 3and l, the device constituting a shade or curtain holder is attached toa window frame 30 within the opening thereof and to the sidewall of saidopening, the supporting portion 11 be ing parallel to the surface towhich thedevice is attached, and therefore being left unbent or in theplane of the base portion 10, said supporting portion being suitablyoffset from said surface by the bowed supporting arms. In Fig. 2, thedevice is shown as attached to the face of the window frame at one sideof the opening, the supporting portion 11 being correspondingly bent tobring the same into a positlon at right angles to the supporting surfaceand to the plane of the base portion 10.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. A device of the character described comprising a base portion havingupwardly and downwardly extending resilient arms provided with attachingprojections and a pair of transversely extending resilient bracing arms,and a supporting portion carried by said base portion.

2. A device of the character described comprising a sheet metal platecut and shaped to form a base portion, a pair of integral transverselydisposed bowed s1 rings and a supporting member integral therewith.

3. A device of the character described comprising a sheet metal platecut to form a base portion and an integral supporting portion, said baseportion having a pair of oppositely extending arms separated from saidsupporting portion by alined longitudinal cuts and a second pair ofoppositely extending arms disposed transverse to said first named armsbetween the latter, one of the arms of said second pair being cut fromthe material of said supporting portion and being connected with thecenter of said base portion between said cuts.

4. A' device of the character described comprising a sheet metal platecut to form a base portion and an integral supporting portion, said baseportion having a pair of oppositely extending arms separated from saidsupporting portion by alined longitudinal cuts and provided withintegral attaching prongs and second pair of oppositely extending armsdisposed transverse to said first named arms between the latter, one ofthe arms of said second pair being cut from the material of saidsupporting portion and being connected with the center of said baseportion between said alined cuts.

5. A device of the character described comprising a sheet metal platecut to form a base portion and an integral supporting portion, said-baseportion having a pair of oppositely extending arms separated from saidsupporting portion by alined longitudinal cuts and a second pair ofoppositely extending arms disposed transverse to said first named armsbetween the latter, one of the arms of said second pair being cut fromthe material of said supporting portion and being connected with thecenter of said base portion between said cuts, the arms of the two pairsbeing bent to constitute a pair of intersecting bowed springs, and theends of one of said springs being provided with integralv attachingprongs.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OASIMIRO FERRO.

